# Speak to me only in Movie Quotes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [July 20, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882 "2012-07-20T20:16:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2382 "2012-11-25T15:48:51Z")

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Mr. Allen, this may come as a surprise to you, but there are some men who don’t end every sentence with a proposition.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2383 "2012-11-25T16:27:44Z")

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Things are getting too complicated.

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2384 "2012-11-25T16:32:45Z")

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Well, now, uh, read me all the words you don’t understand.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2385 "2012-11-25T16:41:19Z")

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Garbage. All I’ve been thinking about all week is garbage. I mean, I just can’t stop thinking about it.

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2386 "2012-11-25T16:54:48Z")

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Please be quiet I don’t wanna slip. Ok one more. You get this right, I’ll let ya go. If you get it wrong you are fucked! Ok, whose my favourite movie star?

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2387 "2012-11-25T22:43:18Z")

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I don’t know… M… Marilyn Monroe!

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2388 "2012-11-26T14:51:53Z")

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Hi. It’s me, don’t you remember? The tomato from upstairs.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2389 "2012-11-26T15:36:58Z")

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Three tomatoes are walking down the street. Papa Tomato, Mama Tomato and Baby Tomato. Baby Tomato starts lagging behind, and Papa Tomato gets really angry. Goes back and squishes him and says, “Ketchup.”

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2390 "2012-11-26T16:39:15Z")

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Hey Dad, why do you love me more than your other children?

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2391 "2012-11-26T18:35:07Z")

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I want kids that love me as much as I hated my mother.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2392 "2012-11-26T18:42:08Z")

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Mama always said, God is mysterious.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2393 "2012-11-26T18:54:00Z")

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Is that to say, John, that what you were doing was God’s good work?

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2394 "2012-11-26T21:04:31Z")

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We’re on a mission from God.

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2395 "2012-11-27T00:41:37Z")

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Captain, I relieve you of your command of this ship. COB, escort the Captain to his state room. I’m assuming command.

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2396 "2012-11-27T02:41:37Z")

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Well, Commander, we ain’t that stoned. We’re not that stoned if we’re gonna go out onto that beach and take pictures of the dead bodies floating in with no film in the camera!

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2397 "2012-11-27T11:43:32Z")

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Captain, please, the XO is right. We can’t launch unless he concurs.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2398 "2012-11-27T13:56:09Z")

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Captain, the entire reason for _having_ two missile keys-- is so no one man can launch the missiles! Perhaps I should hold onto his key.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2399 "2012-11-27T15:50:55Z")

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Captain. Please, I apologize. The complexities of human pranks escape me.

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2400 "2012-11-27T19:45:51Z")

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This is the captain speaking. Some misguided sailors on this ship still think they can pull a fast one on me. Well, they’re very much mistaken.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2401 "2012-11-27T22:27:57Z")

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Remember, there are no bad crews, only bad leaders.

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